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List of plant genera named for people (Q–Z)

List of plant genera named for people (Q–Z)

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Since the first printing of Carl Linnaeus's Species Plantarum in 1753, plants have been assigned one epithet or name for their species and one name for their genus, a grouping of related species.[1] Thousands of plants have been named for people, including botanists and their colleagues, plant collectors, horticulturists, explorers, rulers, politicians, clerics, doctors, philosophers and scientists.[2][lower-alpha 1] Even before Linnaeus, botanists such as Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, Charles Plumier and Pier Antonio Micheli were naming plants for people, sometimes in gratitude for the financial support of their patrons.[3]

See also: List of plant genera named for people (A–C), List of plant genera named for people (D–J), and List of plant genera named for people (K–P)

Sequoyah, a bronze figure at the US Library of Congress (see Sequoiadendron and Sequoia)

Early works researching the naming of plant genera include an 1810 glossary by Alexandre de Théis [fr] and an etymological dictionary in two editions (1853 and 1856) by Georg Christian Wittstein.[3] Modern works include The Gardener's Botanical by Ross Bayton, Index of Eponymic Plant Names and Encyclopedia of Eponymic Plant Names by Lotte Burkhardt, Plants of the World by Maarten J. M. Christenhusz (lead author), Michael F. Fay and Mark W. Chase, The A to Z of Plant Names by Allan J. Coombes, the four-volume CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names by Umberto Quattrocchi, and Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners by William T. Stearn; these supply the seed-bearing genera listed in the first column below. Excluded from this list are genus names not accepted (as of January 2021) at Plants of the World Online, which includes updates to Plants of the World (2017).

Key

Ba = listed in Bayton's The Gardener's Botanical[4]
Bt = listed in Burkhardt's Encyclopedia of Eponymic Plant Names[5]
Bu = listed in Burkhardt's Index of Eponymic Plant Names[6]
Ch = listed in Christenhusz's Plants of the World[7]
Co = listed in Coombes's The A to Z of Plant Names[8]
Qu = listed in Quattrocchi's CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names[9]
St = listed in Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners[10]

In addition, Burkhardt's Index is used as a reference for every row in the table.

Genera

Quesnelia
Quoya
Radermachera
Rafinesquia
Rafnia
Raman Osman
Portrait of Ono Ranzan
Rauhia
Reevesia
Rehderodendron
Reichardia
Portrait of Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt
Restrepia
Portrait of Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi
Richeria
Richteria
Ricotia
Ridolfia
Rinzia
Robiquetia
Rogiera
Rojasianthe
Roldana
Ruschia
Sabatia
Sandersonia
Sanvitalia
Sarmienta
Saussurea
Scabrethia
Schaueria
Schenkia
Schlumbergera
Schoenia
Scholtzia
Schubertia
Schwantesia
Scopolia
Seemannia
Seidenfadenia
Sequoiadendron
Serruria
Shepherdia
Shortia
Sigesbeckia
Sinningia
Sloanea
Smallanthus
Matilda Smith
Sobralia
Solandra
Bust of Solon
Souroubea
Spigelia
Staehelina
Stapelia
Stellera
Stevia
Stifftia
Stirlingia
Stranvaesia
Strumpfia
Suessenguthia
William Starling Sullivant
Suzukia
Swartzia
Swertia
Tauschia
Tecophilaea
Telekia
Tersonia
Teuscheria
Theilera
Thevetia
Thomasia
Thunbergia
Tidestromia
Tilesia
Tinantia
Tinnea
Tomzanonia
Tournefortia
Tozzia
Traunsteinera
Tristaniopsis
Tulbaghia
Uebelmannia
Ungnadia
Ursinia
Vallea
Vancouveria
Vavilovia
Veltheimia
Villarsia
A 3rd-century Roman mosaic of Virgil (seated)
Vriesea
Wahlenbergia
Waitzia
Wallichia
Warmingia
Warszewiczia
Washingtonia
Weberbauerocereus
Weigela
Friedrich Welwitsch
Wercklea
Whitfieldia
Wigandia
Willemetia
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See also

Notes

  1. Other naturalists have also been honored, including agronomists, apothecaries, geographers, geologists, meteorologists, mycologists, pharmacologists and zoologists.
  2. Clicking on anything other than Q to Z will navigate away from this page.
  3. Page numbers for references are omitted, since all the references list genera alphabetically except for Plants of the World, which is mainly cited for genera that match their family names.
  4. Except for the people with an indication in their name or description that they were known for something else, all are remembered for their work as naturalists.
  5. Present-day geographical names are used wherever possible.
  6. Stearn lists Manuel Rodríguez (18th century). Quattrocchi lists three possibilities: Manuel Antonio Rodríguez de Vera (1780–1846), José Demetrio Rodríguez (1780–1847), or Manuel Rodríguez (no dates).
  7. Winteraceae, but not Wintera, is accepted at Plants of the World Online.

Citations

  1. [1]
    Cullen, p. 38.
  2. [2]
    Burkhardt 2018, p. 9.
  3. [3]
    Burkhardt 2018, p. 12.
  4. [4]
    Bayton.
  5. [5]
    Burkhardt 2022.
  6. [6]
    Burkhardt 2018.
  7. [7]
    Christenhusz.
  8. [8]
    Coombes.
  9. [9]
    Quattrocchi.
  10. [10]
    Stearn.
  11. [11]
    Plants of the World Online.

References

  • Bayton, Ross (2020). The Gardener's Botanical: An Encyclopedia of Latin Plant Names. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-20017-0.
  • Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved January 1, 2021. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ for license.
  • Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ for license.
  • Christenhusz, Maarten; Fay, Michael Francis; Chase, Mark Wayne (2017). Plants of the World: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Vascular Plants. Chicago, Illinois: Kew Publishing and The University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-52292-0.
  • Coombes, Allen (2012). The A to Z of Plant Names: A Quick Reference Guide to 4000 Garden Plants. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. ISBN 978-1-60469-196-2.
  • Cullen, Katherine E. (2006). Biology: The People Behind the Science. New York, New York: Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8160-7221-7.
  • POWO (2019). "Plants of the World Online". London: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on March 22, 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2021. See http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/terms-and-conditions Archived 2021-04-23 at the Wayback Machine for license.
  • Quattrocchi, Umberto (2019) [2000]. CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume IV, R–Z. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-367-44750-2.
  • Stearn, William (2002). Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners. London: Cassell. ISBN 978-0-304-36469-5.

Further reading

  • Gledhill, David (2008). The Names of Plants. New York, New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3.
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